NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 7 February 1927, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

ITEMS OF INTEREST. BY CABI.E—PBKSS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT PERTH, Feb. 6. As a result of a fight between two Chinamen at Spearwood, Ah Poy was stabbed and died on the way to hospital. The other, Sue Wall, was arrested and charged with murder. LONDON, Feb. 5. The censorship on news from Lisbon has bon lifted. It is disclosed that a new revolt has broken out and the rebels have seized Oporto. Government troops arc at present bombarding the city, and aeroplanes arc co-operating. The situation elsewhere is reported to be in hand. ■ SYDNEY, Fob. G. Another sensational smash occurred on the Marouba Speedway yesterday, when a car driven by Mr Fred Bartow, travelling at 85 miles an hour, went over a bank and crashed through an electric light pole. Barlow suffered from a fractured spine and a fractured thigh. Ilis condition is critical. LONDON, Feb. 4. ‘ ‘ This is the fate reserved for the daughters of Serbia’s millionaires,” ■was the message found in the handbag of Madame Ivanlta Mijatovitch, who committed suicide in a taxicab by taking poison. It was disclosed that "she had left her husband in Belgrade. Her father sent money' but /insisted that she should return to her husband. Madame Ivanka flatly refused to do this, sold jewels to maintain herself, and finally took her own life. OTTAWA, Feb. 6. Addressing university students at Toronto, the Canadian Prime Minister, tlie Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie Iving), referring to the Canadian speeches of Mr S. M. Bruce dealing with the Dominions ’ contributions to defence, said: “1 say', as Prime Minister of Canada, that he has made my task a much more difficult one than it would otherwise have been. I think the Canadian people can much more easily and satisfateorily decide their own matters without the advice of visitors from other countries. ’ ’